Luigi Tomba
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801452826
- eISBN:
- 9780801455209
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801452826.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Asian Politics
Chinese residential communities are places of intense governing and an arena of active political engagement between state and society. This book investigates how the goals of a government ...
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Chinese residential communities are places of intense governing and an arena of active political engagement between state and society. This book investigates how the goals of a government consolidated in a distant authority materialize in citizens' everyday lives. Chinese neighborhoods reveal much about the changing nature of governing practices in the country. Government action is driven by the need to preserve social and political stability, but such priorities must adapt to the progressive privatization of urban residential space and an increasingly complex set of societal forces. This book depicts how such local “translation” of government priorities takes place. It reveals how different clusters of residential space are governed more or less intensely depending on the residents' social status; how disgruntled communities with high unemployment are still managed with the pastoral strategies typical of the socialist tradition, while high-income neighbors are allowed greater autonomy in exchange for a greater concern for social order. Conflicts are contained by the gated structures of the neighborhoods to prevent systemic challenges to the government, and middle-class lifestyles have become exemplars of a new, responsible form of citizenship. At times of conflict and in daily interactions, the penetration of the state discourse about social stability becomes clear.Less
Chinese residential communities are places of intense governing and an arena of active political engagement between state and society. This book investigates how the goals of a government consolidated in a distant authority materialize in citizens' everyday lives. Chinese neighborhoods reveal much about the changing nature of governing practices in the country. Government action is driven by the need to preserve social and political stability, but such priorities must adapt to the progressive privatization of urban residential space and an increasingly complex set of societal forces. This book depicts how such local “translation” of government priorities takes place. It reveals how different clusters of residential space are governed more or less intensely depending on the residents' social status; how disgruntled communities with high unemployment are still managed with the pastoral strategies typical of the socialist tradition, while high-income neighbors are allowed greater autonomy in exchange for a greater concern for social order. Conflicts are contained by the gated structures of the neighborhoods to prevent systemic challenges to the government, and middle-class lifestyles have become exemplars of a new, responsible form of citizenship. At times of conflict and in daily interactions, the penetration of the state discourse about social stability becomes clear.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226042930
- eISBN:
- 9780226042954
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226042954.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines the concept of neighborhood in Chicago. It traces the evolution of thinking about neighborhoods in cities in the U.S. and evaluates the best applications of neighborhood as a ...
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This chapter examines the concept of neighborhood in Chicago. It traces the evolution of thinking about neighborhoods in cities in the U.S. and evaluates the best applications of neighborhood as a tool for urban development. This chapter reconsiders “the city of neighborhoods,” one of the most persistent identifies of Chicago. It also explains that the municipal government's view of neighborhood celebrations is highly inclusive and discusses the emergence of a new variant of neighborhood Salvationism that seeks to create viable residential communities.Less
This chapter examines the concept of neighborhood in Chicago. It traces the evolution of thinking about neighborhoods in cities in the U.S. and evaluates the best applications of neighborhood as a tool for urban development. This chapter reconsiders “the city of neighborhoods,” one of the most persistent identifies of Chicago. It also explains that the municipal government's view of neighborhood celebrations is highly inclusive and discusses the emergence of a new variant of neighborhood Salvationism that seeks to create viable residential communities.
Luigi Tomba
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801452826
- eISBN:
- 9780801455209
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801452826.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Asian Politics
This chapter investigates the rising incidence of social conflicts in new neighborhoods and the articulation of collective interests around property rights issues in middle-class residential ...
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This chapter investigates the rising incidence of social conflicts in new neighborhoods and the articulation of collective interests around property rights issues in middle-class residential communities. An analysis of their framing mechanisms shows that these do not carry the potential for societal autonomy that other authors have suggested. This potential is effectively contained by the physical form that these residential compounds have taken (gated and walled compounds, often managed by private companies). The walls provide a concrete marker of how broadly certain interests are allowed to coalesce without triggering a reaction by the authoritarian state. This contained contention also reduces the potential for systemic unrest and the risks for the overall stability of the regime.Less
This chapter investigates the rising incidence of social conflicts in new neighborhoods and the articulation of collective interests around property rights issues in middle-class residential communities. An analysis of their framing mechanisms shows that these do not carry the potential for societal autonomy that other authors have suggested. This potential is effectively contained by the physical form that these residential compounds have taken (gated and walled compounds, often managed by private companies). The walls provide a concrete marker of how broadly certain interests are allowed to coalesce without triggering a reaction by the authoritarian state. This contained contention also reduces the potential for systemic unrest and the risks for the overall stability of the regime.
Mark Roodhouse
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199588459
- eISBN:
- 9780191747564
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199588459.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Cultural History
This chapter examines how membership of certain occupational and residential communities could encourage evasion. With the exception of a handful of communities such as the criminal underworld, this ...
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This chapter examines how membership of certain occupational and residential communities could encourage evasion. With the exception of a handful of communities such as the criminal underworld, this did not construe an oppositional subculture that rejected the values of conventional society. Even members of the underworld, however, had to be fluent in the language of motive used by conventional society if they wanted a more lenient court sentence.Less
This chapter examines how membership of certain occupational and residential communities could encourage evasion. With the exception of a handful of communities such as the criminal underworld, this did not construe an oppositional subculture that rejected the values of conventional society. Even members of the underworld, however, had to be fluent in the language of motive used by conventional society if they wanted a more lenient court sentence.
Ian Gordon, Belinda Brown, Nick Buck, Peter Hall, Michael Harloe, Mark Kleinman, Karen O’Reilly, Gareth Potts, Laura Smethurst, and Jo Sparkes
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861344458
- eISBN:
- 9781447301868
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861344458.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter examines social cohesion, competitiveness, and the policy environment in London, England. It evaluates the impact of competition and cohesion on residential and business communities, and ...
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This chapter examines social cohesion, competitiveness, and the policy environment in London, England. It evaluates the impact of competition and cohesion on residential and business communities, and describes how the situation has changed as a result of internationalisation and intensified competition since the early 1980s. The chapter also investigates the role of urban governance in achieving competitiveness and cohesion goals, and analyses the importance of different aspects of social cohesion in sustaining urban economic success.Less
This chapter examines social cohesion, competitiveness, and the policy environment in London, England. It evaluates the impact of competition and cohesion on residential and business communities, and describes how the situation has changed as a result of internationalisation and intensified competition since the early 1980s. The chapter also investigates the role of urban governance in achieving competitiveness and cohesion goals, and analyses the importance of different aspects of social cohesion in sustaining urban economic success.
